Raj Sisodia - The Era of Conscious Capitalism: The power of business to heal the planet

Have you ever felt alone in seeing a problem? That feeling, a little bit like the story of the Emperor's new clothes, where everyone else is applauding – but there’s an important truth that no one seems willing to speak. That’s how my guest today felt, from a very young age, about one of the most influential ideas on the planet.  That one idea is capitalism. According to the dictionary… Capitalism is defined as “an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit” Since the birth of the capitalism, approximately 200 years ago, the world’s population living in ‘extreme poverty’ has dropped from 94% to 9.6%. Yet, what also comes with that idea – the flip side to the capitalist coin – has been argued to be unchecked greed and the treatment of people and the planet as ‘assets’ to be bought and then discarded. To put it lightly – it’s a pretty powerful idea. Ray Sisodia was a young man growing up in India when he first came across the impact of c